A collection of interviews conducted in the 1970s and 1980s with both Indian and British people describing their experiences of life in British India, the events leading up to independence in 1947 and the early years of independent India and Pakistan. Covers all aspects of South Asian society, from a wide range of perspectives and includes interviews with prominent figures in the movements for independence, senior civil servants, labourers, poets, writers, broadcasters, soldiers etc. There are a total of 400 interviews, all transcribed, totalling over 1,000 hours of recordings.
Latest episodes
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Interview 219j - K.B. Lall (part 10 of 11)
This interview may be accessed from the Centre of South Asian Studies website - www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk - where a full transcript is also available
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Interview 145a - D.R. Harkare (part 1 of 2)
This interview may be accessed from the Centre of South Asian Studies website - www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk - where a full transcript is also available
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Interview 135 - G.S. Potdar
This interview may be accessed from the Centre of South Asian Studies website - www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk - where a full transcript is also available
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Interview 127a - J. Mitra (part 1 of 2)
This interview may be accessed from the Centre of South Asian Studies website - www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk - where a full transcript is also available
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Interview 055e - Mrs Mullan (part 5 of 5)
This interview may be accessed from the Centre of South Asian Studies website - www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk - where a full transcript is also available
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Interview 055d - Mrs Mullan (part 4 of 5)
This interview may be accessed from the Centre of South Asian Studies website - www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk - where a full transcript is also available
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Interview 055c - Mrs Mullan (part 3 of 5)
This interview may be accessed from the Centre of South Asian Studies website - www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk - where a full transcript is also available
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Interview 163c - G.V. Ketkar (part 3 of 3)
This interview may be accessed from the Centre of South Asian Studies website - www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk - where a full transcript is also available
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Interview 164 - K.N. Phadke
This interview may be accessed from the Centre of South Asian Studies website - www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk - where a full transcript is also available
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Interview 163b - G.V. Ketkar (part 2 of 3)
This interview may be accessed from the Centre of South Asian Studies website - www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk - where a full transcript is also available
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Interview 165 - A.J. Karandikar
This interview may be accessed from the Centre of South Asian Studies website - www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk - where a full transcript is also available
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Interview 163a - G.V. Ketkar (part 1 of 3)
This interview may be accessed from the Centre of South Asian Studies website - www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk - where a full transcript is also available
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27 min ↗
Interview 166 - B.V. Chavan
This interview may be accessed from the Centre of South Asian Studies website - www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk - where a full transcript is also available
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36 min ↗
Interview 162 - Dr Aloo Dastur
This interview may be accessed from the Centre of South Asian Studies website - www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk - where a full transcript is also available
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Interview 167b - N.T. Khandwala (part 2 of 2)
This interview may be accessed from the Centre of South Asian Studies website - www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk - where a full transcript is also available
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Interview 161h - Abid Ali (part 8 of 8)
This interview may be accessed from the Centre of South Asian Studies website - www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk - where a full transcript is also available
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Interview 167a - N.T. Khandwala (part 1 of 2)
This interview may be accessed from the Centre of South Asian Studies website - www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk - where a full transcript is also available
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Interview 161g - Abid Ali (part 7 of 8)
This interview may be accessed from the Centre of South Asian Studies website - www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk - where a full transcript is also available
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53 min ↗
Interview 168b - G.L. Mehta (part 2 of 2)
This interview may be accessed from the Centre of South Asian Studies website - www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk - where a full transcript is also available
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60 min ↗
Interview 161f - Abid Ali (part 6 of 8)
This interview may be accessed from the Centre of South Asian Studies website - www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk - where a full transcript is also available